Cost effective transparent long-distance interconnection of metropolitan networks over ultra-long-haul optical links

Author

Ehrhardt, A. ; Hanik, N.

Author_Institution

Technol. Center, T-Syst. Nova GmbH, Berlin, Germany

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

29 June-3 July 2003

Firstpage

64

Abstract

In transparent optical networks, all data rates and formats can be transmitted simultaneously and the number of transponders, as the main driver of network costs, can be reduced significantly. High flexibility and an effective optical 1:N-protection can be implemented by configurable passive optical add-drop-multiplexers. We performed field experiments to interconnect metropolitan and long haul optical networks transparently.

Keywords

metropolitan area networks; multiplexing equipment; optical fibre networks; optical repeaters; photonic switching systems; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; configurable passive optical add-drop-multiplexers; cost effective optical links; long haul optical networks; metropolitan networks; transparent long-distance interconnections; transparent optical networks; transponders; ultra-long-haul optical links; wavelength division multiplexing; Costs; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Storage area networks; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wide area networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2003. Proceedings of 2003 5th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7816-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2003.1263144

Filename

1263144